Alzheimer’s Disease

A STRANGE MEMORY DISORDER WAS FIRST NOTICED IN 1906, BUT MODERN DAY FOCUS ON THE DISEASE BEGAN DIDN’T BEGIN UNTIL THE 1960S

JEFF JENNINGS IS ON DAY TWO OF HIS WALK FROM MARQUETTE TO NORWAY, MICHIGAN.

IT’S A 100 MILE SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR HIS DAD, WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE TEN YEARS AGO.

BILL JENNINGS IS JEFF’S BEACON.

HE’S ALSO ONE OF 5 POINT NINE MILLION AMERICANS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S.

THE DISEASE IS NOW DECLARED A NATIONAL HEALTH PRIORITY AND MAY BE CONNECTED TO TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURIES

RESEARCHERS SAY THERE IS ALSO A GENETIC COMPONENT INVOLVED IN THE DISEASE, BUT THEIR WORK IS STILL IN PROGRESS.

WE’LL HAVE MORE ABOUT ALZHEMIER’S DISEASE THIS week…looking at RISK FACTORS AND HOW ONE LOCAL WOMAN HAS TAKEN UP THE CAUSE OF HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE ALZHEIMER’S STRIKE A LOVED ONE.

PLUS, WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON JEFF’S WALK!